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Would have been the beneficiary of all that support in fighting westboro if america knew at the time that you were gay? >> i don't know that, michael, but i wasn't about to take that chance. i think i would have still had a lot of support and i did have a lot of support from the right, the left, straight and gay people, but i wasn't willing to take that chance. >> al, when the whole case was over, you received a communication from a supporter. i want you to tell that story. a person who says id to you, do worry about the phelps. they are the best borough baptist church. you know what i'm refer...

>> that was al snyder back in 2011. the u.s. supreme court had just ruled the west borough baptist church had the right to free speech where the group protested outside of snyder's son's fr funeral. he was killed in iraq in 2506of. the signs carried outside the funeral, despicable. i won't read them aloud. al snide hear been keeping a secret for a while and he's here to share it with us now. al, what's the secret? >> the whole time i was going through this, i managed to keep from the media that while i was fighting this hate, gay hate group, that i myself was gay. >> why keep it a secret durin...